Like a dog piddling on a fire hydrant, coward "marked" his 'Oh so wonderful turf' by spray painting a utility box.
Dummy was too stupid to see he was observed.
When I went to confront him, he snuck away in the darkness, just as cockroaches do.
I wiped his mark with toilet paper. How appropriate!

Would it be wrong if a cop saw some juveniles cruising the alley to pull them over, search them, and haul them in if they had spray paint on them?

...and remember. You can't have a gang without the ga.

They really are like dumb street muts. Don't they know that the only way out of the hood is to get into sports or rapping or college? Spray painting my garage isn't.

At least the generations before held protests. These losers think spray painting an electrical box is getting back at society. How pathetic their parents must look to the television as they sit there in their underwear and it watches them die stupid and fat.

Robert Gift wrote:Like a dog piddling on a fire hydrant, coward "marked" his 'Oh so wonderful turf' by spray painting a utility box.Dummy was too stupid to see he was observed.When I went to confront him, he snuck away in the darkness, just as cockroaches do.I wiped his mark with toilet paper. How appropriate!

Robert: While I applaud the spirit of your action, I am also alarmed that if you continue this sort of confrontation of graffiti writer, you may endanger yourself. Some/most of this graffiti is gang-generated. And some of those guys have helpers nearby who may help them assault you, or the guy himself may have a gun. So, be careful!

I agree, I think people should try and capture them--anesthetize them with animal tranquilizer darts if necessary, strip them, spray paint them, then leave them zip tied to poles, fences etc.
Make them performance art.

I suggest the tranquilizers in case there are many there, or if they become combative.

Robert Gift wrote:Like a dog piddling on a fire hydrant, coward "marked" his 'Oh so wonderful turf' by spray painting a utility box.Dummy was too stupid to see he was observed.When I went to confront him, he snuck away in the darkness, just as cockroaches do.I wiped his mark with toilet paper. How appropriate!

Robert: While I applaud the spirit of your action, I am also alarmed that if you continue this sort of confrontation of graffiti writer, you may endanger yourself. Some/most of this graffiti is gang-generated. And some of those guys have helpers nearby who may help them assault you, or the guy himself may have a gun. So, be careful!

This is where we start having a social breakdown. Yes, gang violence and retribution is real but we shouldn't be afraid to confront people doing wrong. Leaving it up to police to confront wrong doers gives people the wrong impression, that their adversary is the police while in reality, they're committing a crime against society. We need to make people aware that they're accountable to their neighbors for stuff like this.

Over the years, Pueblo has really done a great job. Owners of property which is tagged are required to remove it, but there are volunteer helpers. When we raise a generation of obedient kids (following rules) we'll see this changed.

Most of these complaints point back to that. However, we need to train parents in order to end the cycle. Somewhere jobs and personal respect come into play.

I'm working on an essay on responsible economic development that might get some attention, or not.

Something strikes me as not quit right about that. Denver now has the same law with a time limit on the owner. Something strikes me as not quit right about that also. Let me see if I understand this. The victim of the crime has to spend money for the criminals action. Why you ask? Because of nearly a million dollars cost to the City of Denver for one year for graffiti clean up. Yes indeed. Put it on the back of the citizen. Let the small business or the home owner foot the bill. I don't know what the law is, but if the tagger was to perform clean-up for 6 months as part of the law, perhaps things would change, but that is based on logical thinking, and tagger don't.

Seriously folks.. You need to stop giving these kids the time of day. Dont you see that they all believe they are in some conquest to achieve fame though writing their name or symbol all over the town. We need to stop being so close minded and realize that graffiti ART (I use that term very purposefully) does have a place along site all the rest of the timeless art forms we as civilized people revere. Its only in doing so that we can begin to embrace these kids and teach them they ought not be painting all over their communities but instead putting that art on canvases and making money with it. I mean for godsakes even if you are not going to make money with your art at least go BOMB THE SUBURBS!!!!

On that topic you should approach graffiti artist with caution as many now a days carry guns and also I dont know if you have ever had spray paint in your face but it blinds you for over an hour and you need to seek medical attention right away. Either way you would be in a very bad spot.

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littletonguy wrote:

Robert Gift wrote:Like a dog piddling on a fire hydrant, coward "marked" his 'Oh so wonderful turf' by spray painting a utility box.Dummy was too stupid to see he was observed.When I went to confront him, he snuck away in the darkness, just as cockroaches do.I wiped his mark with toilet paper. How appropriate!

Robert: While I applaud the spirit of your action, I am also alarmed that if you continue this sort of confrontation of graffiti writer, you may endanger yourself. Some/most of this graffiti is gang-generated. And some of those guys have helpers nearby who may help them assault you, or the guy himself may have a gun. So, be careful!

This is where we start having a social breakdown. Yes, gang violence and retribution is real but we shouldn't be afraid to confront people doing wrong. Leaving it up to police to confront wrong doers gives people the wrong impression, that their adversary is the police while in reality, they're committing a crime against society. We need to make people aware that they're accountable to their neighbors for stuff like this.

Um, "Like a dog piddling on a fire hydrant" well, that's normal. The phrase is somewhat Hicksville, USA though. A wannabe thug who likes to deface property and barely has enough courage to do that, would do well to serve time doing "community service"

As for "When we raise a generation of obedient kids" well this generation it's a bit late for- but there are ways to deal with kids so they turn out OK. No not the military.

Right now, USA is raising lost children and as they struggle to find them self- they are coming out sideways. (Meaning) Kids today do not have the coping skills we were brought up with.Parents are busy with careers, leaving kids to fend for them selves.

If a community has graffiti problems, its the community's problem until some one takes a stand to say "This is not OK, how can we clean up our cities" Sounds to me like most of you just whine to the complaint department, but no one does much else.

It stops when you decide it will. I've noted too many in this country don't get involved with things if it doesn't concern you- but every one has an opinion. Go figure.

I'm glad you tried to comfront him, would have been nice to catch up no paint his face though. I don't get how painting on a wall makes you feel cool, do they really have nothing else to do? And yes I'm sure the penalties aren't nearly strong enough if this was caught.